Egg-turning incubator.



J. H. WHAN.

EGG TURNING INCUBATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1915.

1,201,781.. Patented oct. 1?, 1916.

JAMES n.r WHAN, or PLAINS, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

EGG-TURNING INCUBATOR.

Patented Get. 17, 1916.

Application led November 2. 1915. Serial No. 59,211.'v

To all whom t may concern l I Be it known that I, JAMES H. WHAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plains, in the county of Meade and AState of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved'Egg-Turning Incubator, of which thefollowing is a full; clear, and-exact description. t K

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are; to provide an incubator wherein the eggs are continuously rolled While being subjected to lthe incubator heat; to provide means for transferring the chicks from thcincubating trays to an observation chamber; and to provide means for so transferring without injury to the chicks. i

Drawz'ngs.-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of an incubator constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the section being taken on the median line of said'incubator; F ig. 2 is a cross section of the saine taken as on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa cross sectionv taken as on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

Deccwlptz'on.-As seen in the drawings. end framing rings 8 and 9 are connected by a series of trays`10. which are held in position by` rods 11 extended between the two rings 8 and 9 and structurally united therewith. The trays 10 are each provided with a lid 12, said lids being normally held in closed position by springs 13. The trays -10 and the lids 12 are each semi-circular and corresj'iond to forni elongated cylinders of a size adapted to receive loosely thel eggs to be treated. One end of ..ich oi the cylinders thus 'formed by the trays 10 and lids 1Q, is closed by the ring E. while the other end is open, circles being formed in the ring 9 to permit egress "from the. cylinder.

The structure thus formed is supported within a house 14, by a. series ot rollers l5 extended inward trom one end of said house. and by ay driving shat't 'l0 extended inward from the other end ot said house. i6 is fixedly attached to cross bars 17 brlcing the ring 9. The shaft .1.6. as shown in the drawings. is supported by a clock casing 18 wherein a motor for driving the shal't 1d The, shaft,

window Q3, through an orifice in which the shaft 16 extcnds, as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The heat needed for incubating is turnished by heated water circulated through a tank Q4, by pipes and 2G. The heat rays are distributed and prevented from rising too suddenly to the upper trays 10. by means of a hood 27, which. as shown best in Fig.r 2 of the drawings, partially surrounds the tank 2l. v

The cylindersl foi-ined by the trays l0 and lids 1Q open upon curved conveyers or chute sections 28 and 29. The section 28 is so disposed that if an object is delivered thereto, the latter is rolled or guided therefrom for transfer to thev sections 29. The ends of the sections 29 are disposed to deliver any object conveyed thereby to a platform 30, which is normally held in position by aA springxl. The platform 30 is connected by a hinge 32 to one ot the sections Q9, as shown best in Figs. Q and 3 of the drawings.

Operacion-'flic spring motor contained in the casing 1S having been wound and the cylinders Jornied by the trays 10 and lids 12 having been charged with eggs, the structure composed of the said cylinders and the rings S and 5l is slowly rotated on its axis. which is alincd with thc sha t't 1G. the requisite degree is circulated by the pipes Q5 and 21'. within the tank Q-t. producing within the house and within the cylinders` a heatsullicient to incubate the eggs placed in the cylinders. When in the course of operation the chicks break their way through their shells. they are attracted by the light at the open end .of the cylinders and are induced to make their way toward said open end. rlhe window 23 is so disposed that the egg-containing cylinders are lighted when at the lo verxnost position. or when the chick .in passing from the cylinder would tall dircctly upon ther platform -l' with but a slight shock and without injury. lt is designed. however, that ilithe chick is carried to the liigher path ol travel ot the cylinders. that Vvlater heated to j said platform under the Weight imposed thereon, to offer an inclined surface over which the chick is rolled for disposition upon the straw or other loose material 33 disposed at the bottom of the house 14C. The platform 30 being relieved of its load, is

immediately closed to the position shown in ,Figs 2 and 3, by the spring 31. The chick y of cylindrical egg containers circularly disposed and supported in Juxtaposed relation by a pivotally mounted structure; means for slowly turning said structure on its pivot; and means disposed centrally to said containers fory heating the 4same and the contents thereof.

2; An incubator comprising a plurality of cylindrical open-ended egg containers; a

I .pivotally mounted supporting structure for said containers; means disposed centrally to said containers for heating the same and contents thereof; an inclosing house for said containers and supporting structure, said house providing space for exercise of chicks after escaping from said containers; and a plurality of conveyersv adjacent the open ends of said containers for transferring the chickwhen escaping from said containers to said house and the portion thereof provided for the exercise of the chicks.

3. An incubator comprising a plurality of cylindrical open-ended egg containers; a pivotally mounted supporting structure for said containers; means disposed centrally to said containers for heating the same and contents thereof; an inclosing house for said containers and supporting structure, said A house providing' space'for exercise of chicks after escaplng from said contalners; a plurality of conveyers adjacent the open ends 'of said containers for transferring the chicks When escaping from said containers to said house and the portion thereof providedi for the exercise of the chi ks; and yielding means for closing the del' 'ery end of said conveyers.

l JAMES H. WHAN.

iVitnesses:

ADAH SENARD,

U. G. KING. 

